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What do you get for the business-jet owner who has everything? The world’s longest airliner, completed in a VIP configuration, of course. So it is for Jeddah-based National Air Services, a private non-governmental business group in Saudi Arabia, which Airbus this month said had acquired an Airbus A340-600. Delivery of the green jet is planned […]

Canada-based Bombardier said earlier this month that Transport Canada awarded the company “provisional approval” for the Bombardier Enhanced Vision System (BEVS) on March 31. The action “paves the way” for FAA and European Aviation Safety Association (EASA) certification, according to the company. Bombardier expects full certification of the system — which is designed to enhance […]

Few would dispute that Japan-based Honda makes a wide range of popular products, including cars, motorcycles, generators and even lawn mowers. So, you may ask, what’s stopping them from bringing to market the still-under-development HondaJet? Apparently, the company is willing to quietly continue its flight testing in Greensboro, N.C., and wait for both the light-jet […]

Gulfstream Aerospace said earlier this month it has completed all internal flight-testing of its newest offering, the Gulfstream G150 business jet, and will now move on to certification tests. Gulfstream, which is partnered with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) on the Tel Aviv-manufactured bizjet, will conduct the tests under Civil Aviation Administration of Israel auspices. The […]

The FAA earlier this month awarded Cessna the type certification paperwork necessary for the company to keep its Model 525 Citation CJ1+ on schedule for first customer deliveries during the last quarter of 2005, according to the company. The new type’s certification — actually a growth version of the CJ1 — was earned after slightly […]

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With the idea of using business jets for loosely scheduled, per-seat charter transportation heating up, passengers wanting to travel to and from Aspen, Colo., will soon have even more options when Dallas, Texas-based Perfect Jet begins operations on June 30. Presently set to operate on Thursdays and Sundays, Perfect Jet will offer $1,750 (one-way) seats […]

Also at Paris this week, Honeywell announced the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and France’s Direction Gnrale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC) have given initial approvals to the company’s Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) in Europe. EASA issued a Supplemental Type Certificate covering RAAS installation on Learjet 31, 35, 36, 55 and 60 series aircraft […]

The Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) has been around for some time, becoming almost ubiquitous in airline cockpits and aboard high-end business jets, especially those with intercontinental range. But, “Currently, individuals with inexpensive radio scanners and freeware available through the Internet are able to monitor unsecure ACARS message transmissions,” said Frank Daly, president […]

On June 8, a Florida jury decided that Bombardier’s Learjet unit was not liable for the Oct. 25, 1999, crash of a Learjet 35 that killed professional golfer Payne Stewart, three other passengers and both crewmembers. The golfer’s family had brought suit against the manufacturer in an Orlando, Fla. court — the jet’s departure point […]